Introduction to Political Science - Pre Exam Obj
  • 1. Political science is mainly the study of the __.
A) market
B) school
C) family
D) state
  • 2. Who defined politics as “who gets what, when and how”?
A) David Easton
B) Aristotle
C) Karl Marx
D) Harold Lasswell
  • 3. The authoritative allocation of values was defined by __.
A) Easton
B) Plato
C) Hobbes
D) Garner
  • 4. Political science begins and ends with the state according to __.
A) Janet
B) Locke
C) Garner
D) Gilchrist
  • 5. Politics mainly deals with __.
A) power and authority
B) education
C) religion
D) trade
  • 6. The study of political institutions is known as __ approach.
A) Marxist
B) behavioural
C) institutional
D) traditional
  • 7. Which approach focuses on human political behaviour?
A) Traditional
B) Systems
C) Behavioural
D) Historical
  • 8. The systems approach is associated with __.
A) Marx
B) Plato
C) Lasswell
D) Easton
  • 9. Liberalism, socialism and communism are examples of __.
A) cultures
B) ideologies
C) institutions
D) laws
  • 10. Power, authority and legitimacy are __ in political science.
A) ideologies
B) concepts
C) institutions
D) cultures
  • 11. The executive, legislature and judiciary are __.
A) political institutions
B) political thoughts
C) political cultures
D) political parties
  • 12. Elections and law making are examples of political __.
A) systems
B) ideologies
C) culture
D) processes
  • 13. Citizenship refers to __.
A) living in a country
B) paying tax
C) voting in elections
D) legal membership of a state
  • 14. Political culture means people’s __ towards politics.
A) wealth
B) religion
C) language
D) attitudes and beliefs
  • 15. Globalization concerns the __ among countries.
A) isolation
B) traditions
C) relationships
D) conflicts only
  • 16. The supreme law of the land is the __.
A) manifesto
B) decree
C) policy
D) constitution
  • 17. Constitutionalism means __ government power.
A) ignoring
B) limiting
C) removing
D) increasing
  • 18. Which method compares political systems of different countries?
A) Historical
B) Statistical
C) Comparative
D) Observational
  • 19. Watching political behaviour in real life is the __ method.
A) experimental
B) comparative
C) survey
D) observational
  • 20. The historical method studies __.
A) present events only
B) past political events
C) economic data
D) future predictions
  • 21. Plato and Aristotle are known for their political __.
A) parties
B) thoughts
C) institutions
D) systems
  • 22. Marxist approach focuses mainly on __.
A) religion
B) class struggle and economy
C) culture
D) law
  • 23. Survey method involves __.
A) observation only
B) guessing
C) asking questions to people
D) experiments
  • 24. The behavioural approach developed in the __ century.
A) 18th
B) 10th
C) 20th
D) 15th
  • 25. Political parties are part of political __.
A) ideologies
B) cultures
C) institutions
D) thoughts
  • 26. Sovereignty means __.
A) foreign rule
B) voting rights
C) supreme power of the state
D) sharing power
  • 27. Democracy is a system where __.
A) soldiers rule
B) judges rule
C) kings rule
D) people rule
  • 28. The study of politics through laws and philosophy is the __ approach.
A) traditional
B) survey
C) systems
D) behavioural
  • 29. AU and ECOWAS are examples of __ organizations.
A) national
B) local
C) private
D) international
  • 30. Ideology is a set of __ about government.
A) rules only
B) punishments
C) buildings
D) beliefs and ideas
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